Marquez scores precious points, Pedrosa improves his speed

Marc Marquez took very important points with a fifth-place finish in today’s Austrian GP. At the line, he trailed his main rivals for the title chase, Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi who ended third and fourth, respectively, behind the two Ducatisti who topped the podium. Dani Pedrosa was able to keep a good pace for the entire GP and recovered from 12th on the grid to seventh at the chequered flag.

Marc, who was nursing a bruised shoulder after suffering a heavy crash in yesterday’s FP3, got a good start and entered the first turn in third but ran wide and found himself in fifth at the end of the first lap. He closely trailed the front group for over half the race, controlling Maverick Viñales behind him, but after a couple of small mistakes, he progressively lost ground and wisely settled for a top-five position.

Dani entered the first corner in 10th and overtook Scott Redding for ninth before the end of the first lap. He then kept a good rhythm until the end of the race, not so far from the front riders. Along the way, he recovered several more positions and improved his feeling with the bike.

Heading to the next race in Brno in one week’s time, Marc leads the championship with 181 points, 43 over Lorenzo and 57 ahead of Rossi. Dani is fourth with 105 points, 33 behind the runner-up position in the standings.

Marc Marquez

5th

“After how yesterday went, I’m happy with today’s race. My shoulder didn’t hurt at any time during the race, so no excuses there. I would have taken fifth position if it were offered to me before starting the race. I knew the Ducatis and Yamahas were fast, so this was the best possible outcome and it’s positive that we’ve only lost five points compared to Lorenzo. Given the difficulties we’ve had, it was clear that our objective was to think of the fight for the Championship. I started aggressively, as it was the only way of trying to fight with the front group, but after making a couple of mistakes I lost the slipstream and it was very difficult to recover from that.”

Dani Pedrosa

7th

“We went better in the race compared to the practice sessions, as we were putting in similar times to the riders at the front. We had been a little farther away from them beforehand this weekend, but today we took a step forward and that’s a positive. Now we must carry on working to continue to progress at the next race, which will be next weekend in the Czech Republic.”

MotoGP 2016Sunday, August 14th 2016

Race
Round 10
Motorrad Grand Prix von ÖsterreichAustria

Results Session

Pos.

Rider

Num

Nation

Points

Team

Constructor

Time/Gap

1

Iannone Andrea

29

ITA

25

Ducati Team

Ducati

39'46.255

2

Dovizioso Andrea

4

ITA

20

Ducati Team

Ducati

0.938

3

Lorenzo Jorge

99

SPA

16

Movistar Yamaha MotoGP

Yamaha

3.389

4

Rossi Valentino

46

ITA

13

Yamaha

3.815

5

Marquez Marc

93

SPA

11

Repsol Honda Team

Honda

11.813

6

Vinales Maverick

25

SPA

10

Team Suzuki Ecstar

Suzuki

14.341

7

Pedrosa Dani

26

SPA

9

Repsol Honda Team

Honda

17.063

8

Redding Scott

45

GBR

8

Octo Pramac Yakhnich

Ducati

29.437

9

Smith Bradley

38

GBR

7

Monster Yamaha Tech 3

Yamaha

29.785

10

Espargaro Pol

44

SPA

6

Monster Yamaha Tech 3

Yamaha

37.094

11

Petrucci Danilo

9

ITA

5

Octo Pramac Yakhnich

Ducati

39.765

12

Pirro Michele

51

ITA

4

Ducati Test Team

Ducati

39.766

13

Baz Loris

76

FRA

3

Avintia Racing

Ducati

44.284

14

Rabat Tito

53

SPA

2

EG 0,0 Marc VDS

Honda

45.004

15

Crutchlow Cal

35

GBR

1

Honda

1'03.246

16

Bautista Alvaro

19

SPA

0

Aspar Team

Ducati

1'12.448

17

Hernandez Yonny

68

COL

0

Aspar Team

Ducati

1'14.517

18

Laverty Eugene

50

IRE

0

Aspar Team

Ducati

1'36.510

19

Bradl Stefan

6

GER

0

Aprilia Racing Team Gresini

Aprilia

1 lap

20

Espargaro Aleix

41

SPA

0

Team Suzuki Ecstar

Suzuki

4 laps

21

Barbera Hector

8

SPA

0

Avintia Racing

Ducati

Disqualified

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Location Information

The Red Bull Ring in Spielberg is located beautifully in the Murtal-region of Styria, Austria. The circuit was originally built in 1969, then known as the Österreichring. In 1996 it was rebuilt with the track-layout it still had when, in 2011, it was reopened as the Red Bull Ring and… read more.

Location Information

The Red Bull Ring in Spielberg is located beautifully in the Murtal-region of Styria, Austria. The circuit was originally built in 1969, then known as the Österreichring. In 1996 it was rebuilt with the track-layout it still had when, in 2011, it was reopened as the Red Bull Ring and… read more.